PV Sindhu will try to recover quickly from his first round
in Indonesia, while HS Prannoy will see another consistent performance as the
duo faces the Indian challenge at the Malaysia Open Super 750, which begins on
Tuesday in Kuala Lumpur. Sindhu, a two-time Olympic medalist, was spotted at
the door of China's He Bing Jiao earlier this month in the opening round of the
Indonesia Open Super 1000 and will have to throw that loss behind him when he
launches his campaign against the amazing Pornpawee Chochuwong in Thailand.
While Sindhu rejoiced 5: 3 against Chochuwong, the Indian
lost three times to the Thai world 10 in the last five meetings, which made her
encounter an exciting prospect. .
If he manages to overcome the opening barrier and run a
solid run, Sindhu could face Olympic champion Chen Yu Fei from China.
Bronze medalist from the London Olympics Saina Nehwal, who
started against the USA Iris Wang, will also play in the same half of the
lottery. The sixth Japanese seed Nozomi Okuhara, a former world champion, will
win against him.
Saina crossed the Indonesian leg to handle the work pressure
and sought a good performance against Wang, who lost in three games when they
met only at the Orleans Masters last year.
In the men's singles, Prannoy has made it steadily to the
gradual quarterfinals since last year's World Cup. He played a key role in the
epic victory of the Thomas Cup of India and then showed some great performances
in Jakarta to make it to the semifinals.
The 29-year-old was outraged after a series of unforeseen
mistakes led to his deportation from Indonesia. Desperate to end his five-year
title drought, Prannoy will face Malaysian veteran Daren Liew, who beat him at
the Thailand Open in May this year.
Tokyo Olympian B Sai Praneeth will fight, among other
things, the sixth-seeded Indonesian, Anthony Sinisuk Ginting, while Sameer
Verma will fight another Indonesian, Jonathan Christie, who is in seventh
place.
Former Gold Medalist of the Commonwealth Games Parupalli
Kashyap, who is also recovering from a hamstring injury, will face Korean Heo
Kwang Hee in the opening round.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chiraga Shetty, the world's
eighth pair, will also return to action after skipping the last two actions due
to fitness problems. The duo will open their Man Wei Chong and Kai Wun Tea in
Malaysia. In the mixed doubles, Ashwini Ponnappa and B Sumeeth Reddy, who are
part of the Commonwealth Games team in India, will face Robin Tabeling and
Selena Piek from the Netherlands.
Venkat Gaurav Prasad and Juhi Dewangan will fight Kim Won Ho
and Jeong Na Eun from Korea.